This years judging panel had as tough a task as ever in narrowing down the twenty-five strong entry for the 2011 HWPA Journalist of the Year Award to the four finalists.
After reading three submitted articles from each of the 25 entrants for Journalist of the Year, and following some lengthy discussions, the panel determined that the four writers nominated for the award should be Alan Lee, Chris McGrath, Lee Mottershead and Julian Muscat.
This award now goes to HWPA members vote and the winner will be announced at The Lancaster London on tomorrow where the ceremony will be hosted by Matt Chapman and Aly Rowell.
VOTING IS NOW CLOSED for this years awards, generously supported by Boylesports, in conjunction with Spinal Research and the Spinal Injuries Association.
You can now read for yourself the work submitted by the four finalists, which is just a taste of the hard work all our entrants have put in over the last twelve months. Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter.
VOTING CLOSED
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Current HWPA members wishing to be considered for the prestigious Journalist of the Year Award should note the format for this year, detailed below. We would like to encourage as many journalists as possible to enter as the judging panel will take into account all the consistent hard work that is done over the year in conjunction with your selected pieces.
1. Closing date for entries was Monday, 10th October 2011
2. Three selected pieces should be submitted in one of two formats:
i) Electronic articles in word format or pdf files which should arrive by 10th October to the inbox of Steven Cargill – stevencargill@hotmail.com or,
ii) Paper copies of the articles, posted to Steven Cargill, 2 Queens Cottages, West Street, Sparsholt, OX12 9PS to arrive no later than 7th October.
3. The 2011 judging panel will consider all entries and provide a short list of four nominees. All work of the nominees will be posted onto the website following the panel meeting and members will be invited to vote for their selection, with a closing date for votes of 7th November 2011.
4. The winner will be announced at the Derby Awards lunch on 5th December 2011, based on the number of members’ votes.
5. The winner thanks our generous supporter Boylesports.com to whom we are most grateful, alongside this years support partners Spinal Research and the Spinal Injuries Association.
[...] You may wish to read the submitted work of the nominated writers and they can be found here [...]